Slat-hook for bed-slats.



No. 682,078. Patented Sept. 3, l90l.

T. P. B. MUSE. SLAT HO0K,FOR BED SLATS. I (Application fllad Feb. 20, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES ATENT OFuIcE.

THOMAS P. R. HOUSE, OF UNIONTOVVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

SLAT=HOOK FOR BED-SLATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,078, dated September 3, 1901.

Application filed February 20, 1901. Serial No. 48,115. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. R..HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Uniontown, in the, county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Slat-Hook for B'ed-Slats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in slat-hooks for beds, and has for its object to produce means whereby the slats may be securely fastened to the slat-rests.

Briefly described, my invention comprises a screw-threaded eye, which is secured to the slat-rest. This eye is adapted to be engaged by one end of a substantially Z-shaped hook, the other end of which is threaded and securely fastened to the slat.

With this and other objects in view my invention further consists in the novel details of construction and combination of parts to be clearly described in the following specification and fully set forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure l is a perspective View of the footboard of a bed, showing slats attached thereto by myimproved means. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, showing the footboard and slat-rest in section and the slat partly in section connected by my improved means; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a slat, showing my improved device connected thereto.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, reference-numeral 1 indicates the bed-rail of an ordinary bed, and 4 a slat-rest connected thereto by any suitable means.

The reference-numeral 2 indicates the slat, which is of any ordinary construction.

3 indicates the screw-threaded eyes, which are secured to the slat-rest 4 at intermediate points, corresponding to the number and distance apart of the slats to be fastened in the bed.

Myimproved hook is made of a single piece of metal and is provided with an elongated portion 5, having one end thereof bent downwardly at right angles thereto, as indicated by 5',the other end 5 of said elongated portion being bent at right angles thereto and in the opposite direction. This end of the hook is screw-threaded and is adapted to be securely fastened to the slat, and the other end of said vention, such as providing the eye with a square opening and providing the downwardly-bent end of the hook with a shape corresponding thereto.

It will be observed that the hook secured to the slat can be turned around in any posi tion so as to enter the eye regardless of the position of the latter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with the bed-rail, the slatrest secured thereto, and the slat, of a substantially Z-shaped fastening-hook for securing the slat on the rest, said fastening-hook having its one end extending upwardly and provided with threads to engage with the bedslat through the underneath face thereof, the other end of said fastening-hook extending downwardly, and an eye carrying a threaded shank engaging in the slat rest, said eye adapted to receive the downwardly-extending end of said hook, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with the bed-rail, the slatrest carried thereby, the eye carried by the slat-rest, and the slat, of a fastening-hook formed of a single piece of wire having its ends bent in opposite directions, the one of said ends being threaded and inserted into the bed-slat, and the other end engaging the eye carried by the slat-rest, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS P. R. HOUSE.

Witnesses:

DANIEL F. COLLINS, GEORGE E. SUTTON. 

